WHY 

You  Should  Be 
a Stockholder 

in 

Your  Government 


Every  Idle  Dollar 
is  an  alien  enemy 


NO  investment  you  can  make  in 
this  country  can  be  safe  without 
the  assurance  of  the  Government 
that  your  business  will  endure. 

Be  it  stocks  or  bonds,  mine  or  farm, 
factory  or  other  exploitation,  the  busi- 
ness into  which  you  place  your  money 
for  increment  must  be  a safe  business 

backed  by  your  country’s  approval. 

The  biggest  business  in  the  country  is 
the  business  of  government;  the  business 

of  protecting  your  business. 

If  the  Goverment  fails,  you  fail. 

If  the  Government  prospers,  you 
prosper. 

A nation  and  its  industries  are  inter- 
dependent. 

Still  more  .interdependent  are  a gov- 
ernment and  its  investments,  because  it 
is  the  investment  that  makes  possible 
the  industry. 

A government  can  stand,  even  with 
its  industries  and  investments  in  an  un- 
stable condition.  This  frequently  has 
happened  in  the  world’s  history. 

But  can  you  point  to  investments  that 
have  continued  safe  when  the  govern- 
ment protecting  them  has  failed? 

Isn’t  it  plain,  therefore,  that  the  safest 
investment  is  in  safe  government? 

Take  the  case  in  hand:  The  United 
States  is  entered  in  the  World  War  on 
the  side  of  Justice,  Liberty,  Equality  of 
Humankind  and  World  Democracy.  As 
a business  man  or  woman,  you  know 


that  a business  that  is  not  legitimate 
can  not  long  prosper.  There  must  be 
laws  of  equality  to  create  confidence  and 
stability. 

Just  so  with  nations.  And  we  are 
fighting  for  world  stability  that  will 
make  business  stability.  We  are  en- 
gaged in  a war  that  will  make  you  and 
your  interests  safe. 

The  Government  of  the  United  States, 
through  the  bonds  of  its  Third  Liberty 
Loan,  offers  you  stock  in  the  best  going 
concern  in  the  world. 

It  guarantees  to  you  a reasonable  in- 
terest, whether  it  wins  or  loses. 

Can  anything  be  fairer  than  that? 

Isn’t  preferred  stock  in  an  enterprise 
that  insures  safety  for  your  personal 
business  worthy  of  your  confidence 
and  your  cash? 

Possibly  you  do  not  like  war.  War  is 
never  popular.  But  when  it  is  a necessity 
in  order  to  guarantee  your  safety  you 
cannot  afford  to  side-step  it,  either 

morally  or  physically.  It  is  your  war, 
and  your  children’s  war. 

If  you  have  prospered  in  the  past,  it 
has  been  largely  due  to  the  stability  of 
your  nation.  You  want  to  keep  your 
nation  in  that  condition.  You  can  do 
this  by  investing  in  your  government. 

“ If  you  can’t  fight,  your  dollar  can,” 
is  a terse  reminder  of  your  duty. 

Uncle  Sam  isn’t  asking  you  to  give 
your  money  to  the  war.  He  offers  you 


preferred  stock  in  the  business  of 
maintaining  a great  nation. 

The  Third  Liberty  Loan  offers  you 
shares  in  the  Safest  Thing  in  the 
World.  Where  can  you  beat  it  ? 

The  non-taxable  feature  of  these  Liber- 
ty Loan  Bonds  will  offset  any  immediate 
advantage  you  might  see  in  other  in- 
vestments at  slightly  higher  rates  of 
interest. 

The  Bonds  are  liquid  and,  should  mis- 
fortune overtake  you,  they  can  easily  be 
sold. 


Which  do  you  prefer:  Uncertain 
dividends  in  the  project  of  a few  men 
organized  to  further  their  own  interests, 
or  reasonable  dividends  backed  by  an 
army  and  navy'of  the  greatest  republic 
in  the  world,  engaged  in  fighting  your 
battles  ? 


Has  Uncle  Sam  done  enough  for  you 
to  gain  your  confidence? 

Then  show  your  confidence  and  invest 
”r*sely. 


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